Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-07
PERSON AL,

ONE of Allan G. Thurman's hobbies is the
| culture of fancy chickens.
| CONGRESSMAN S. s. Cox's book on Constau
tinople Is TO be published this spring.
THE President finds leisure at present to
take short drive every day with his wife.
IN addition to writing a comic opera, Ella
! Wheeler Wilcox is going to write blood
and-thunder play.
VITO CERCOLONE. who died recently al
| Milan, has left by will his entire fortune
amounting to $4,000, to King Humbert.
TAMAGNo, the leading tenor in Verdi.
| "Otelo," gets 500 night; Maurel, the BARI
tone. gets $500; and Nine. Pantaleoni, the
Ideal Desdcmona," gets only SiOc.
IN composing comic operas Sir Arthur Sui
| livan often works from noon to daylight the
| next morning without break. Mr.. Gilbert
usually works from II p. m. to or a. m.
CLARA BARTON, President of the American
I National Red Cross, is now IN Albany, Tex.
administering to the wants OF the sufferers bv
| the recent flood and storm in that section OF
the country.
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON. who recently
| asked TO go u Massowah. as his unfortunate
| cousin asked to go to Zululand, in order ito
fight barbarism IN the interest OF civiliza-
tion." now elects to stay at home.
CAPT. JOHN ERICSSON, the great naval in =
ventOr, works ten hours per day. Some of
the young men who are opposed to the ten
and
take look at the venerable toller.
THOMAS NJ. GRUELLE is the very appropri-
ate name Of the Chairman Of the Executive
Committee of the new misfit party lately born
at Cincinnati. The official pap OF the infant
is likely to be very thin for several years.
GRN. BoULANGRR. the bellicose French Min.
lister, when engaged in debate, drinks only
sugered water. Bismarck drinks brandy and
water. But Boulanger, on being recently
questioned on his taste, answered that one
can keep a cooler head on sugar than ON
brandy.
SINCE April Is Henry E. Abbey has travel
ed more than $4,000 miles. lie has been across
the North A tlantic four times to and from
New York to Liverpool twice, and from Bor-
deaaX TO Buenos Ayres and return. He has
also been across the continent three times
and TO Mexico.
&. CRAIG ToLIIvER, the Rowan county, KY,
desperate. has been in Cincinnati purchasing
dry goods to the amount OF 81, 600. He il now
"A Deputy sheriff II the county he has terror
ICED, is peaceful and law-abidIng citizen,
and has a successful business. He never
drinks whisky and has given up carrying n
revolver.
IT has been discovered that Surgeon Gem
eral Fox and Gen. Horne were the star OFF :
GERS whom Gov. Loun bury cautioned about
drink ng punch. What the Governor of Con-
necticut said TO his stan is destined to be
come as renowned as the remark the Cover
nor Of North Carolina made to the Governor
OF South Carolina.
Col. w. II. BOLTON, who achieved fame "a
volunteer artillery officer and has been con-
victed of embezzling post office moneys, is
diving in the Chicago county jail of general
prostration. "rm dying )" he said to re-
porter on Monday. "Don't say anything
more unkind of me, please, on my wlfe's aC-
count, rs she reads the papers,"
NJ. AND NINE. MUNKACKsY recently enter-
tanned at dinner in Paris Nine. Minnie HauK
and her husband the Chevalier Hesse- War
tegg. 1t is made known that M. Munkacksy
Nine. Hauk. depicting her in a walking Coz
tune and wearing a broad "Gainsborough"
hat. NJ. and Nine. Munkacksy are about 60
visit Vienna, where the eminent artist is
20 decorate the ceilings of the new Court Mu-
scum.